Annual Meeting 2026

The 2026 annual meeting took place on April 16-18, 2026 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Conference Overview

The Executive Committee planned a compelling meeting program for graduate deans, assistant/associate deans, and other academic and administrative professionals. In addition to our yearly awards ceremony and popular hot topics and flash talks sessions, this year’s plenary sessions included:

Graduate Study in the Age of Commoditized Intelligence
Tracking, Connecting, and Bridging: Doctoral Career Pathways
Building Public Trust in Graduate Education through Experiential Learning
More Than Students: Navigating Learning, Labor and Life in Graduate School
Keynote presentation from the President of the Council of Graduate Schools

DETAILED AGENDA

We have included ample opportunities throughout the meeting to network with colleagues and enjoy Montreal in the spring.

Registration

Registration is now closed for the 51st Annual NAGS Meeting. The early-bird rate was $500 and the regular conference rate was $600.

New for 2026, we partnered with the payment platform Zeffy to allow credit card payments. Please note that Zeffy may suggest a voluntary donation during checkout; this contribution is entirely optional and does not support NAGS.

Hotel Information

The conference hotel was the Marriott Montréal Château Champlain in beautiful downtown Montreal.

Present a Flash Talk at NAGS 2026?

A flash talk is a very short, high‑impact presentation—5 minutes or less—designed to communicate quickly, clearly, and in a way that sparks interest and follow-up engagement. We are interested in hearing what campuses are doing that improve the graduate student experience.

Interested in presenting a flash talk at the 2026 conference? Please contact Kristen C. Eichhorn, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, State University of New York, Oswego at kristen.eichhorn@oswego.edu. Send title, presenters name, email, affiliation, short description and single slide to Kristen Eichhorn for consideration.